About Flowers- NetFlorist

fact and fun about flowers

For those in the know NetFlorist is the leading online flower and gift shop in South Africa and, might we be so bold as to say, the continent of Africa. We lovely, little flower fairies have a huge range of gifts and flowers to buy online which means that should you ever get the itch to buy someone a bouquet of flowers or a gorgeous gift, we are the company to turn to! We think that it is pretty clear that we love flowers and having worked with flowers for many a year we’ve come to know a thing or two, so pull up chair because we’re going to tell you about flowers!

· Flowers did not always exist; they first appeared 140 million years ago. Before that, ferns and cone bearing trees dominated the earth.

· Flowers get their food from sunlight, water, and minerals in the soil; flowers are the reproductive parts of a plant, and plants make their own food by photosynthesis.

· One of the world’s most expensive flowers is the Juliette rose that cost one Mr David Austin $13.5 million to cultivate!

· Broccoli is actually a flower.

· Daisy is a ‘two in one’ flower in that it has white petals peripherally and tiny yellow disc petals that form the eye.